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Mood: waiting for wind

3rd June 2006
Windsurfing: Eastbourne - Spray
Wind Direction: SW
Wind Stength: 4-12 knots !
Surf / Sea State: flat
Air Temperature: warm
Sea Temperature: warm
Weather: sunny
Max Speed: 20 (knots - unless stated otherwise)
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Eastbourne, from Spray - Hot & sunny .... very light winds (got a 12 knot reading on the beach along with a selection of 4-8 knots readings) but it was white-capping so given the burning desire to try the Gaastra GTX 8.5m on the Manta 75 and the tease of whitecaps ... obviously I rigged up and bobbed out to find the wind.

Couple short non-planing runs and then decided to get a little more ambitious venturing out to where the yachts and dinghies were properly keeled over ... found a wind line approx 1/2 - 3/4 mile out and couple of pumps and away .... wind was with current so always conscious to make ground upwind, but still got a max speed on the gps of 20 knots, in what would have been 10-12 knots at most of wind.

Returning to the beach was great until approx 1/2 mile out and then it was a slog off the plane ... but it was nice to try the GTX for myself after rave reviews for the 7.0m in Wind Surf Mag and then an indifferent review for the 9.0m in Boards Mag .... the 8.5m was easy to rig & it oozed quality. It generates good lift when pumped to help get the board up and planing in pretty light winds. I would suggest the GTX pumps more efficiently than the 8.5m V8, but I'm yet to test in proper winds, and the V8 was very good in stronger, verging on overpowered, conditions ... so it'll be interesting to compare this aspect also. In non-planing mode there was nothing in it between the GTX and the V8, both were pretty easy going.

Anyone else get out on the water today ... Camber posse surely got a proper sea breeze ? How about Worthing ... it's famous for it ?

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